blue-collar

英 [ˌbluː ˈkɒlə(r)]

美 [ˌbluː ˈkɑːlər]

adj.  从事体力劳动的; 蓝领的

BEC

牛津词典

adj.

• 从事体力劳动的；蓝领的
  connected with people who do physical work in industry
  1. blue-collar workers/voters/votes
     蓝领工人 / 选民 / 选票

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 蓝领的；从事体力劳动的
  Blue-collarworkers work in industry, doing physical work, rather than in offices.
  1. By 1925, blue-collar workers in manufacturing industry had become the largest occupational group.
     到1925年，制造业的蓝领工人已成为最大的职业群体。

双语例句

• It is not clear how many of those white, blue-collar voters he will persuade to back Mr Obama.
  现在还不清楚到底他会说服多少白人蓝领选民支持奥巴马。
• Nowadays they are largely blue-collar workers;
  他们现在大多还只能说是蓝领工人；
• Blue-collar workers in the United States have also lost out.
  在美国的蓝领工人也失去了很多。
• White-collar jobs should be valued more than blue-collar jobs.
  白领的工作应比蓝领的更受人尊重。
• I still think of myself as a blue-collar worker.
  我还是把自己当作一个蓝领工人。
• There are some drawbacks to unions? But they have done a lot of good for blue-collar workers.
  工会是有些缺点，但他们为蓝领工人谋了不少福利。
• White-Collar Man in a Blue-Collar World
  蓝领世界中的白领人
• The jobs of many blue-collar workers are now done by machines.
  许多蓝领工人的工作现在已由机器替代。
• All the blue-collar workers who worked on the construction site went on strike.
  所有在工地工作的工人参加了罢工。
• Chan, a 34-year-old high-school dropout, has one of Hong Kong's most vertiginous and challenging blue-collar jobs.
  陈，34岁，高中辍学生，是香港最令人眩晕，最具挑战性的蓝领工人之一。